##### Picture Entry: BC BLOOD BANK GROW-OUT CONTEST #####

[Cell]

@lynn.reef.nerd @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

May 29th 2023 entry

 

[mwilk19]

@lynn.reef.nerd

Here's my submission for May. One with the orange filter and one without.

 

[Boosterman]

Boosterman’s May 2023 entry.
@lynn.reef.nerd
@Reefing102
@BranchingHammer

 

[Reefing102]

Last few hours before May closes -

User​	Pic?​
@reefrun​	​
@zbryant91​	X​
@Silv3rSubieDude​	​
@mwilk19​	X​
@MoshJosh​	​
@tuba_mike​	X​
@acananoreefer​	X​
@thatmanMIKEson​	X​
@Tonycass12​	X​
@DeeBee​	​
@CNDReef​	​
@JJ440​	X​
@Becks17​	​
@wmb0003​	X​
@Tompickles​	X​
@Dburr1014​	X​
@Jlombar1​	X​
@Cell​	X​
@reef_ranch​	X​
@lynn.reef.nerd​	​
@IKD​	X​
@Boosterman​	X​

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

May

 

[Silv3rSubieDude]

May submission @lynn.reef.nerd @BranchingHammer @Reefing102 still expanding out with no vertical, I guess it takes after me

 

[DeeBee]

May 2023 @lynn.reef.nerd @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

I know the ruler looks like it is way behind but it's butted up to the coral.

 

[MoshJosh]

@lynn.reef.nerd @BranchingHammer@Reefing102

Full disclosure, I did move this from my main display to my 20 gallon long. I kept knocking it off and breaking the glue during maintenance, so moved it to a better spot. Hopefully this isn’t disqualifying.

May:

 

[CNDReef]

just got home , lights are off and I’m not going to scare my fish turning them on.

 

[Becks17]

Unfortunately my frag didn’t make it, so I’m out.
@lynn.reef.nerd
@BranchingHammer
@Reefing102

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Update. Please let me know if there are mistakes

	Sep-22	Oct-22	Nov-22	Dec-22	Jan-23	Feb-23	Mar-23	Apr-23	May-23
acananoreefer	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Becks17	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	OUT
Boosterman	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Cell	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
CNDReef	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Dburr1014	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
DeeBee	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
JJ440	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Jlombar1	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
IKD	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
lynn.reef.nerd	x	x	x	x	x	x	missing	x	x
MoshJosh	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
mwilk19	x	x	x	Missing	x	x	x	x	x
reef_ranch	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
reefrun	x	x	x	missing	x	x	x	x	OUT
Silv3rSubieDude	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
thatmanMIKEson	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Tompickles	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Tonycass12	x	x	x	x	x	x	missing	x	x
tuba_mike	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
wmb0003	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
zbryant91	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

 

[zbryant91]

Crazy that this is almost over and mine looks like it hasn't grown much haha.

 

[Dburr1014]

Crazy that this is almost over and mine looks like it hasn't grown much haha.

Join the club, LOL.

 

[zbryant91]

Join the club, LOL.

Haha yea. I'm happy with the color coming in, but compared to the space laser and rainbows army, this one hasn't done much. I'm just happy my tank has hit a sweet spot and most everything is doing well.

 

[DeeBee]

Crazy that this is almost over and mine looks like it hasn't grown much haha.

Slow grower for sure and seems to be pretty temperamental. The two other corals I got with the Bloodbank have all kinds of branches and vertical growth.

 

[IKD]

Join the club, LOL.

Is there a prize for least growth but still alive??

 

[zbryant91]

Is there a prize for least growth but still alive??

Now that would be a tight race haha

 

[wmb0003]

Slow grower for sure and seems to be pretty temperamental. The two other corals I got with the Bloodbank have all kinds of branches and vertical growth.

I had the opposite happen to my corals from Adam; the blood bank is doing the best of the corals (however it did get the best real estate in my tank and I have some coral nippers that picked at the other frags when I first introduced the, but somehow they haven't touched the blood bank frag.)

This one is definitely slower grower than past competitions.

Had some free time at work today so I put together a progress picture.

 

[zbryant91]

I was fighting dinos in the beginning so I had my lights dialed back quite a bit. Been slowly increasing intensity and the color has been changing with that. I have no doubt this thing will look great in another 6-12 months. And gives me more confidence on the other contests.

@wmb0003 who's your nibbler? Mine is a green clown goby that I doubt I'll ever be able to catch. He loves killing 1 new frag every time I add some to the rack.

 

[wmb0003]

I was fighting dinos in the beginning so I had my lights dialed back quite a bit. Been slowly increasing intensity and the color has been changing with that. I have no doubt this thing will look great in another 6-12 months. And gives me more confidence on the other contests.

@wmb0003 who's your nibbler? Mine is a green clown goby that I doubt I'll ever be able to catch. He loves killing 1 new frag every time I add some to the rack.

I have a few, the worst offenders are my Moorish idol and Klein's butterflyfish. Occasionally my regal angel and foxface will nip also. I have the @AVAST Marine plank auto feeder so they get a little freeze dried food every hour. As long as the auto feeder hopper doesn't go empty without me knowing, it keeps most of the nipping at bay.